Spotted! Wildlife in (and around) Hailsham by Tim Fox Bird song, abundant from Spring into early summer, has died down as it usually does at this time of year. With the exception of Robins, who continue singing to warn off other robins from poaching food on their...

SPOTTED! Wildlife in (and around) Hailsham by Tim Fox With rain forecast for the afternoon, a late morning ramble along the Cuckoo Trail was in order on a dull February day. My entrance via Freshfields Close was heralded by house sparrows, with blue tits next up as I...

SPOTTED! Wildlife in (and around) Hailsham by Tim Fox At the end of April, nesting was well and truly underway. Five starling nests, with young begging for food from within, dot the buildings on my short walk into town from near Station Road. Hopefully, there’ll be...

SPOTTED! Wildlife in (and around) Hailsham by Tim Fox I was astounded recently to be able to walk less than ten minutes from my town centre residence and hear a nightingale singing. The sun had just disappeared under the horizon as I approached, and many birds were...

SPOTTED! Wildlife in (and around) Hailsham by Tim Fox Goodbye Hailsham south, and hello Hailsham north! Two weeks in and the garden bird list is at a healthy 19 species, including a very low flyover by a raven, coal tit on the feeders, and grey wagtail, the latter a...

SPOTTED! Wildlife in (and around) Hailsham by Tim Fox At around about this time of year, the lavender and other stemmy plants develop webs as our Common Garden spiders set up home to feast and fatten up ready to lay eggs (that will bring us next year’s spiders),...